Year
The world in 534
In 534 the atlas holds 149 states standing across 5 regions. 2 things began that year - Eastern Wei and Kingdom of Lindsey - and 4 ended; 2 people were born and 3 died.
Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 530s page, and to its century on the 6th century.
What began in 534
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 2
- Eastern Wei · state · 534 – 550
- Kingdom of Lindsey · state · 534 – 625
What ended in 534
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 2
- Vandal Kingdom · state · 435 – 534
- Kingdom of the Burgundians · state · 411 – 534
Wars and battles 2
- Vandalic War · war · 533 – 534
- Basus War · war · 494 – 534
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 534 2
- Theudebald · monarch · 534 – 555
- Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou · ruler · 534 – 560
Died in 534 3
- Theuderic I · monarch · 485 – 534
- Athalaric · monarch · 516 – 534
- Cadwallon Lawhir · ruler · 460 – 534
Standing in 534
The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.
Europe65 states
- France · 481 – present
- San Marino · 301 – present
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Huns · 106 – 673
- Goths · 100 – 1475
- Lombards · 480 – 586
- Francia · 481 – 843
- Saxons · 283 – 799
- Kingdom of Wessex · 519 – 927
- Kingdom of Mercia · 527 – 918 · Icel of Mercia, King of Mercia since 515
and 55 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa21 states
- Byzantine Empire · 285 – 1453 · Theodora, Byzantine emperor since 527 and Justinian I, Byzantine emperor since 527
- Rhodes · 188 BCE – 1249 CE
- Sasanian Empire · 224 – 651 · Khosrow I, emperor of the Sasanian Empire since 531
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE · Khosrow I, emperor of the Sasanian Empire since 531
- Kingdom of Aksum · 401 BCE – 960 CE · Kaleb of Axum, Ethiopia, AKSUM since 514
- Ghana Empire · 100 – 1200
- Kingdom of Iberia · 299 BCE – 580 CE
- Ghassanids · 220 – 638 · Al-Harith ibn Jabalah, king since 529
- Mauretania · 301 BCE – 698 CE
- Vandal Kingdom · 435 – 534 · Gelimer, King of the Vandals and Alans since 530
and 11 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia21 states
- Gupta Empire · 320 – 550
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE
- Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Hephthalites · 408 – 670
- Pallava dynasty · 275 – 897
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Kingdom of Khotan · 56 – 1006
- Western Ganga dynasty · 350 – 1000
- Kucha · 111 – 648
- Zhangzhung · 501 BCE – 625 CE
and 11 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia20 states
- Silla · 57 BCE – 892 CE
- Goguryeo · 37 BCE – 668 CE · Anwon of Goguryeo, wang since 531
- Champa · 192 – 1832 · Rudravarman I, king since 529
- Paekche · 18 BCE – 660 CE · Seong, king since 523
- Rouran Khaganate · 330 – 555 · Yujiulü Anagui, khagan since 522
- Xianbei · 208 BCE – 670 CE
- Pyu city-states · 201 BCE – 1050 CE
- Kaya confederacy · 42 – 562
- Kingdom of Funan · 68 – 550
- Northern Wei · 386 – 535 · Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei, Emperor of China since 532
and 10 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania5 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Teotihuacan · 50 BCE – 704 CE
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
- Tiwanaku polity · 300 – 1150
- United Provinces of New Granada · 181 – 1816
Location unknown17 states
- Northern and Southern dynasties · 420 – 589 · Emperor Wu of Liang, Emperor of China since 502 and Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei, Emperor of China since 532
- Justinian dynasty · 518 – 602 · Theodora, Byzantine emperor since 527 and Justinian I, Byzantine emperor since 527
- Alchon Huns · 380 – 560 · Mihirakula, emperor since 515
- Langkasuka · 100 – 1500
- Licchavis of Nepal · 400 – 750
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Varman dynasty · 350 – 655 · Bhuti Varman, Maharajadhiraja since 518
- Daegaya · 42 – 562
- Airgíalla · 331 – 1585
- Kingdom of Munster · 101 BCE – 1138 CE
and 7 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 509 – 559: every state, war and life of 534 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 534: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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